Spurred by the accelerating destruction of remnant natural lands, one man had the vision and tenacity to transform a loose band of ecologists into The Nature Conservancy and launch the entire natural areas movement.

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Government and Environmental Politics details the emergence of the new social values that gave rise to the environmental movement and examines the federal government's response to the changing ideas and needs of the American people. Chapters describe such topics as postwar environmental politics, the environmental lobbies, development of the publicly owned national park and recreation system, federal protection of endangered species, official promotion of nuclear energy, and regulation of toxic substances. The contributors are Malcolm Forbes Baldwin, Thomas R. Dunlap, Frank Gregg, Samuel P. Hays, Michael J. Lacey, Robert Cameron Mitchell, Joseph L. Sax, Christopher Schroeder, and Michael Smith. Book jacket.